->'''Belkar:''' So, I did what I always do -- murder people horribly -- but because I killed the people everyone else wanted me to kill, I get presents instead of prison time?\\'''Roy:''' Uh, well, it's a lot more complicated than that, but --\\'''Belkar:''' HA HA HA HA HA HA! It's working! It's WORKING, SUCKERS!-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' (demonstrating the [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy extremely rare]] "[[CharacterDevelopment fake character development]]")

The Heroic Comedic Sociopath is a very ''special'' sort of comic relief who works toward a positive, morally affirming goal whilst being as evil as possible along the way. He differs from most AntiHero archetypes in that he's never ineffectual or angsty -- he loves what he does for a living. His punishment, at worst, is that he may be on the receiving end of some ComedicSociopathy. Far more often he's dealing out ComedicSociopathy and [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crossing the Line Twice]]. (Note that it is not ''always'' a "he", but female Heroic Sociopaths are rarer.)

A Heroic Comedic Sociopath can and will eat the souls of jaywalkers, swindle old ladies, detonate buildings, punt puppies into traffic, and steal candy from babies all in broad daylight with a hundred witnesses present. The KarmaHoudini is a natural part of his being -- it's simply too [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]] to let him get away with it. Being cranked up to the top and played for laughs as he is, the Heroic Comedic Sociopath is so fun and invincible that the audience naturally cheers for him and his wacky antics. At the same time, he may serve as WishFulfillment: a fantasy for the audience. Some who have wanted to give the boss what they deserve can wish they were like the Heroic Comedic Sociopath.

At this point you may be wondering why the "good" characters in the story put up with him. Sometimes, it's because while he may be a monster, he's ''their'' monster. Sometimes the other heroes have protection from the Heroic Comedic Sociopath's hijinks -- it might be a RestrainingBolt, or the fact that the heroes combined can stand up to him. Failing that, they may be in some way endearing to him. Or possibly the Heroic Comedic Sociopath just finds the heroes amusing enough to see the advantage of not pestering them too much, or may just find it more fun to target the bad guys instead. Other times, they don't have that luxury and are stuck with an "ally" as disruptive to them as to their enemies.

Compare SociopathicHero, for when this kind of behavior is not PlayedForLaughs. See also TokenEvilTeammate and PoisonousFriend. Heroic Comedic Sociopaths are either {{Nominal Hero}}es or {{Villain Protagonist}}s.-----!!Examples

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]* From ''Manga/SoulEater'', we have Dr. Franken Stein, the "greatest meister to ever graduate from the DWMA." He was also Spirit's meister for many years, and would do experiments on him in his sleep every night. Spirit never suspected anything, simply wondering why new scars would show up on his body every morning. One day, another girl at school found out and told Spirit, who left Stein and partnered with her. She also bore his child. Many years later, Stein was asked to return to the DWMA as a teacher, and gained an apprentice. Her name was Maka, TheHero and a BadassBookworm. She also happened to be Spirit's daughter. Upon their first meeting, Stein talked about replacing her skin with sandpaper, while complaining about Maka's mother who "stole [his] test subject". This was just the first day.** Stein is somewhat of an aversion, however. As the series goes on, his sociopathic side is shown in a much more negative light, and Stein himself actively fights it.* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' has the main character Dokuro-chan being an angel with the power of resurrection, whose intent is to protect the male protagonist Sakura...[[GrotesqueCute when she's not manipulating, torturing, or killing him]] in a [[RefugeInAudacity hilariously over the top]] manner.* Kogarashi from ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' is a seven-foot musclebound monster of a ''[[{{meido}} maid]]'' (and a male one, at that) with a permanent SlasherSmile, more wacky superpowers than you can shake a stick at (including 37 senses), an extremely perverted and sadistic streak and with absolutely no respect whatsoever for his erstwhile "master" -- the only way his master keeps him under control is by frequent beatings in the skull with a nail bat, which is only effective for a few minutes at a time.* Barry the Chopper from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', who's treated as [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic comic]] relief after his HeelFaceTurn. [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist The 2003 anime version]] averted it, being a creepy SerialKiller turned LaughablyEvil PsychoForHire.* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a psychotic MadScientist, and Kenpachi Zaraki, an equally psychotic BloodKnight. While they're both PlayedForDrama upon their first appearances (though Kenpachi considerably less, given his [[NoSenseOfDirection complete lack of direction]] and the RunningGag that he keeps looking for heroes to fight but gets lost), their villainous qualities quickly become PlayedForLaughs once they turn face. Especially Kenpachi, who came to be treated as almost a friend of [[TheHero Ichigo]] despite nothing at all about his personality changing. Then again, Kenpachi sees no contradiction in being somebody's friend and wanting to have a duel to the death with them.* Main Character Jokyuu of ''Manga/{{Aiki}}'' counts as one of these as well, being a violent, womanizing, alienating son of a shepherd. Just look what he says, all in the presence of the rest of the cast, all female, who proceed to get freaking pissed (but everybody's crazy in this manga).-->'''Jokyuu:''' Friends is what you call someone who likes to be someone else's minion isn't it? I don't need such things as friends! I mean, I don't have any friends to begin with.* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sagara Sōsuke is a "heroic" commando soldier with NoSocialSkills due to his military upbringing. The anime's second season, ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', is a full-fledged high school romantic comedy rather than an action series, and Sōsuke's behavior is accordingly escalated into a case of full-blown ComedicSociopathy that brings him under the auspices of this trope by doing things like ''completely [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]'' his school's NiceGuy rugby team with TheSpartanWay, interpreting standing model for an art project as "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint hide in a forest and booby-trap it to be on the safe side]]", scaring down some hostage-taking {{delinquents}} by [[SuchALovelyNoun threatening their friends and family members]], and opening fire on a light gun game using a real gun because the alternative -- [[JugglingLoadedGuns pointing the light gun outside the screen]] -- [[HypocriticalHumor "would be horribly unsafe"]].* ''Manga/{{Needless}}''** Adam Blade, a foul-mouthed, perverted, borderline pedophile and extremely arrogant {{Cloudcuckoolander}} priest with an extremely rare and overpowered fragment. Adam could probably unite the Black Spot under his rule if he had chosen to, but considers it too much work. Just about all of the carnage he inflicts, both on his enemies and his erstwhile 'allies', is treated as light comedy unless he's fighting a particularly monstrous opponent.** To a lesser degree, Eve also counts for this trope, but she seems more scatter-brained and oblivious and not to mention gets beaten a lot more than Adam does.* The eponymous LightNovel/{{Gokudo}}: Swordsman Extraordinaire.* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''** Kitsu Chiri eventually got the role due to CharacterizationMarchesOn, and frequently snaps and murders (or is implied to murder) the extremely [[SnapBack non-killable cast]] or attempts crazy stunts like splitting the Earth in half, taking over Sengoku-era Japan by killing everyone, or playing '[[YouDoNOTWantToKnow meat doll]]'. It gets so bad that when Chiri's attempt at 'surprising' the teacher ends up demolishing a wall and flattening all the desks in the classroom ([[AndZoidberg and Ushio]]), everyone points out that this kind of behaviour is not very 'surprising' coming from her.** Another example is (possibly) Kafuka, whose role as being a living horror is mostly PlayedForLaughs.* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': Lina Inverse. In the comedic parts of the series she has accidentally released a dragon onto a village and refused to help the village until paid for her services as well as rescue a captive from pirates... then sell her (a fishwoman) to a chef for money.* Thorkell The Tall from ''Manga/VinlandSaga''. Imagine a good-natured and enthusiastic ManChild who literally bubbles with ''joie de vivre'' and throws himself into life with single-minded glee and delight. Good. Now, imagine him as [[BoisterousBruiser an eight-foot-tall viking]], DualWielding [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], who [[BloodKnight lives for fighting people]] and ''really'' isn't particular about who he picks a fight with as long as they've got the promise of a good fight in them. You have Thorkell. Other people in the series comments on how easily likeable he is for a man prone to ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, pillaging, scaring the water out of people merely by getting psyched, and who casually smashes the skull of one of his own subordinates for mocking a WorthyOpponent of his. It should be noted he started out as a PsychoForHire, only to join the main characters when he realized the BigBad would be funnier to fight.* Okita Sougo from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. He's a sadist and is proud to be one. Yet, he is one of the good guys and indulges in PetTheDog occasionally. [[GenreSavvy Lampshaded by the man himself]] that the benefit of being a heroic sociopath is that he can avoid HeelFaceDoorSlam when he feels like being nice.* Hamel from ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'' is a pretty stunning example. From the very first pages, we see him playing a violin to call some birds nearby... and kill them by brutally bashing them with his huge violin. He always charge extorbitant amounts for his monster-fighting services (turning an entire small town into his personal playground/harem to settle their debt at one point), has no qualms selling his prospective love interest into slavery or abusing her and his other friends in hilarious ways to make money, and you don't want to know about how he [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment treats his enemies...]] He gets kinder after a certain plot development, but gets subverted almost immediately when he's shown making steaks out of a smiling cow he just rode on happily...* The pirate crew and surrounding characters in the manhwa ''Aron's Absurd Armada'' practically run on this; they have very little regard for one another, with every explicit mention of "friendship" or "comradeship" by one party (it was the reason they stayed with them for so long, it's the reason he's sticking his ass out to save him, and so on) being flippantly struck down by the other party with 95 to 100% sincerity in the next panel, and yet through some twisted form of TrueCompanions they still stick together and might possibly somehow even like one another in a way. It's largely due to the fault of their humongous [[FatalFlaw Fatal Flaws]], whether it be money/treasure (for Robin), rich boy frivolousness (for Aron), or misanthropy/genius (for Ronnie), etc. The only character by the end of volume one who's shown to have regular amounts of human compassion is Anton (and maybe the sushi chef, but mostly Anton), but his lone tendency to care in a manhwa full of Heroic Comedic Sociopaths [[ButtMonkey usually doesn't turn out well for him at all]].* Ross of ''Manga/{{Senyuu}}.'', who's on the side of the hero, Alba, and has even [[HyperCompetentSidekick saved more people than him]] in really cool ways (to Alba's mute shock), will nonetheless do things like: stab him with a dagger and tell him in a very shoujo finger-fiddly Tsundere-ish manner that he bought the dagger ''just'' to stab him with it, poison the hero's coffee in the morning and leave him to pay for it because it's "his hobby" (cue shoujo sparkles), give [[http://mangafox.me/manga/senyuu/c007/31.html a huge]] (31-34) PsychoticSmirk in answer to Alba's misfortunes, and fantasize [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything happily]] in the previously mentioned shoujo sparkling manner at the thought of Alba being hunted down as a fugitive after escaping jail for harboring the TokenMiniMoe Demon King at his side, among other things. He'll screw around with every other guy he comes across if the opportunity presents itself, too, to the point that one characters has to ask, "Is he a demon?" as if ''he (said character) isn't the actual demon there.''* Nyarko from ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill doesn't understand the meaning of the word "mercy"]]. The second {{Mook}} she fights in the first episode learns this the hard way, as she beats it to death with a rock ([[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]) and comes away covered in its blood, as she does when she rips apart the third Mook with her [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]]. On top of that, she's perfectly willing to break the very laws she's supposed to be protecting (namely, smuggling goods off the planet), justifying it by saying "[[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught It's only a crime if you get caught]]". This all gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mahiro, who responds to this behavior by remarking that most of the time she looks a hell of a lot more like a criminal than a policewoman.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]* Many of the members of the SquadronSupreme in ''ComicBook/SupremePower'', though mostly Zarda. She kills with particular glee, and has secret desires for global domination.* The title character of JhonenVasquez's ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''; at least when he's not being full of {{wangst}}.-->'''Johnny:''' On a crowded street, I could drain a flower vendor of all his blood, and not get caught! People would scream and vomit, and yet, somehow, I would walk away unscathed. I could do that!... Oh, wait... I ''did'' do that!* The slightly cracked, catchphrase spouting, ever-shameless SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}. He's also FauxAffablyEvil, loves to make people go WhatTheHellHero, is DangerouslyGenreSavvy, and is the TropeCodifier of a few other tropes. Note, however, that it seems to [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on the writer]]. Sometimes he's this with a very large helping of CrazyAwesome, while at other times (particularly in the newer issues) he becomes a NobleDemon who would NeverHurtAnInnocent. As noble as someone who is insane can be anyway. Considering that he's an absolute fruitcake, there is absolutely nothing preventing both those interpretations from being true, depending not so much upon the writer as on the state of Deadpool's brain-pan.* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.* ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'', in most of their media appearances, are a Heroic Comedic Sociopath duo. The dynamic being that Max is ''much'' more sociopathic than Sam, who is mostly of the "apathetic towards anyone I don't personally know" variety. Sam basically keeps Max from blowing up the world by being several times larger than him. Also, did we mention that Max is the [[PresidentEvil President of the United States]], following the decapitation of the robot that the previous president turned out to be?* [[ComedicSociopath Rasputin]] in the ''ComicBook/CortoMaltese'' series has no qualms killing, and is generally considered as stable as a landmine while [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass far from that dangerous]].* The Space Marine from the ''ComicBook/{{Doom}} comic''. He may be batshit insane and enjoying his job way too much, but he ''is'' fighting demons from hell and is a human space marine. The intentional PlayedForLaughs aspect is debatable, in that nobody is entirely sure if the comic was [[StealthParody meant to be serious or not]], but he's definitively 'funny' either way.* The Blazing Skull of the New Invaders used to be a pacifist. He doesn't exactly remember what that means, but anything with the word 'fist' in it can't be all bad.* Sebastion O. from the comics of same name is a complete [[TheDandy dandy]] and more interested in filling the void of a dull life (and getting revenge on the people who put him in Bedlam) than any form of kindness. Also one of his best friends is a pederast.* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures'', on those occasions when she's not being played as an outright VillainProtagonist. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you -- the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.%% * Hit Girl of ''ComicBook/KickAss''.* Several main characters of ''ComicBook/SinCity'' can come across as this, especially Marv: A lot of the quite horrible things he performs with his usual boyish enthusiasm seems to be played for (somewhat reluctant) laughs.* As a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peackeeping Agent]], ComicBook/DeathsHead often falls into this role. He doesn't really care who his targets are as long as he gets paid, yet by various coincidences only the truly deserving end up dead.* The scarab from ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' is quick to [[MurderIsTheBestSolution propose the murder]] of whatever obstacle Jaime has to deal with. [[spoiler:Jaime eventually influences it enough to give it a full HeelFaceTurn, but that doesn't stop it from occasionally proposing solutions so overkill that they have "theological implications."]]* ComicBook/TheCreeper is basically a heroic version of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. There have even been instances where the latter found him too unstable.* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Whirl, and to a lesser extent Brainstorm. Whirl's a violent crazy Autobot voted twice the most likely to defect. In the first issue he gives an passionate thank you speech... to a group of corpses he's been mutilating. Casually mentions that he wants to be filmed "killing things for the greater good" and after that, the film maker states that Whirl punched himself in the face to prove he's super invincible. When he almost causes an explosion to detonate half the ship, his only question is which half. Brainstorm makes a hobby of making the most destructive and unethical weapons he can to piss off the ethics committee. In the series proper he's a quirky inventor who jokes about a weapon that made a sun go out once, and also cracks a joke when he finds one of his comrades fused into a Generator and dead. [[spoiler: Brainstorm is really more of a subversion. He's a Decepticon spy, which isn't very heroic, and tried to murder most of the cast in cold blood in #35, which isn't comedic at all; he's really just a sociopath.]][[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Strips]]* Dogbert, ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''. A great deal of what Scott Adams wishes he could say or do ends up in Dogbert's actions. Specifically, the part he can't say "[[WordOfGod for fear of retribution]]".[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]* Iron Will in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/183015/iron-wills-foalcon-necrophilia-sex-rampage Iron Will's Foalcon Necrophilia Sex Rampage]]. * In ''Fanfic/BeckaRangersNemoThunder'', Kyle's Jellyfish Ranger suit tends to [[ClothesMakeTheManiac turn him into one]].-->"[[PreMortemOneLiner Tell the coroner I said hi]]!"* The Hunter in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Though he considers himself "good", he constantly brags to the four about all the people he's killed and the destruction he's wrought. They find him completely repellent. Until [[spoiler:ThePowerOfFriendship (not of them to him but amongst themselves) causes him to reexamine his life and ultimately have a HeelFaceTurn]]. They're actually quite surprised to hear that he doesn't consider himself or his {{BFS}} evil.* The shadow demon, [[TheReveal introduced]] late in [[http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php?id=19769&cid=476323&submit=View The Legend of Link: Lucky Number 13]], is equal parts ruthless and hilarious. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is murdering the families of [[AssholeVictim twelve men]] [[ForcedToWatch while they're powerless to do anything about it]], after which we get this little exchange:--> '''Man''': ''"Who are you? What are you?"''--> '''Demon''': ''"The 'what' am I is demon. As for 'who'... I'm not a big on names. I suppose you could think of me as the Left Hand of God."''--> '''Man''': ''"..."''--> ''(no one responds, which makes the demon seem "genuinely uncomfortable")''--> '''Demon''': ''"... That's not too long, is it? ... How about 'the hand?' No, 'handy?' No? None of those?"''* [[spoiler:Chaos]] from the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' always takes [[MurderIsTheBestSolution the simplest solution]] to any problem. E.g., LoveInterest is a [[{{Tsundere}} bitch]] >> LoveInterest is dead >> LoveInterest is not a bitch.* [[BloodKnight Rampage]] from ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'', at least whenever she's in a good mood and her [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild foal-murdering]] personality hasn't [[SplitPersonalityTakeover taken over her body.]]]]-->'''Rampage:''' Can't we just kill them all and not care?[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]* A good portion of protagonists from Creator/QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''Film/KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', which is completely based around the trope.* ''Film/TheMask'' in his film and [[Westernanimation/TheMask cartoon]] incarnations is an id-dominated maniac who is liable to act on everything that Stanley Ipkiss represses and it's all PlayedForLaughs. He also isn't actually that villainous when compared to the actual villains of said film and cartoon. His [[ComicBook/TheMask comics incarnation]], meanwhile, is a pure-up VillainProtagonist. It also helps that so many of the characters who get picked on by The Mask are {{Asshole Victim}}s. In fact, in the movie it often seems as if Edge City is ''swarming'' with all kinds of pests, weirdos, bullies, and all-around {{Jerkass}}es whose only purpose in life is to drive Stanley to impossible levels of madness and inspire him to wreak creatively ghoulish destruction as The Mask. Fittingly enough, it is eventually revealed that the title mask is an Old Norse archaeological find in which is trapped part of the power of Loki, God of Mischief. Among Stanley's outrageous actions as The Mask in the film:** Folding a balloon into a tommy gun and chasing off some (unarmed) muggers with it (by firing wildly into the air).** [[AssShove Shoving car parts up two auto mechanics]] [[DisproportionateRetribution who tried to gouge him]]** Carrying around a signed photo of the wife of the InspectorJavert in lingerie, which he finds [[ExtendedDisarming during a frisking session]].** Acting ''extremely'' sleazy (in a PepeLePew kind of way) towards Stanley's LoveInterest.* Lancelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. When he receives a note via arrow that someone is being forced to marry against their will, he rushes to the poor (presumed) princess' aid... and slaughters not only every unresisting guard in his way, but about half of the party guests as well, including brides' maids and elderly folks. Afterwards, he sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding.* Frank D'Arbo, the protagonist of ''Film/{{Super}}'', has a case of hyper-morality after being told by {{God}} himself to bring justice to the streets of his neighborhood. Inspired by comics, he assumes the superhero alter ego Crimson Bolt and [[WellIntentionedExtremist uses a wrench]] to smash the faces of not only criminals, but ''people who push in queues'', all ForGreatJustice. His sidekick, the self-named [[PsychoSupporter Boltie]], is another, even more extreme version of this.* Although the description of the trope refers to wicked characters, Tom Cruise's protagonist Roy Milner in ''Film/KnightAndDay'' still comes across this way despite having elements of TheCape. He racks up a massive amount of property damage over the course of the film and a body count to match while maintaining a totally nonchalant attitude as a humorous contract. At one point, the villains try to persuade the heroine that Roy is actually a psychopathic pathological liar, and that is a surprisingly believable explanation. The effect is helped by MetaCasting / RealitySubtext which thinks of Cruise as mentally unstable. For a representative exchange:-->'''June:''' The pilots are dead?\\'''Miller:''' Shot.\\'''June:''' Shot... By who?\\'''Miller:''' Uh, me. Actually, I shot the first pilot... he shot the second pilot accidentally. It's just... one of those things.\\(''later'')\\'''Miller''': I'm going to go talk to the men in the tunnel. (''{{beat}}'') Actually, I'm just gonna shoot them.* Junior in ''Film/ProblemChild'', a BadToTheBone seven year old who ruins the lives of those who wronged him even the slightest. In the third movie his victims are left severely injured and are mummified in bandages.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]* Yulia Latynina's sci-fi political thriller ''Insider'' gives us Kissur The White Falcon, imperial favourite, former prime minister, supreme tactician and feudal overlord of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aloms]]. He is also a reckless madman that spends most of the book either committing or threatening to commit acts of over the top violence. In the first chapter, for instance, he drives around recklessly at night, slams his car into the first other car he finds and mugs the recently arrived protagonist. ''Twice''. Just for fun. He befriends the protagonist out of respect for him actually fighting back on the next day. It gets better and better through the novel. In the words of another character, "If [Kissur] sees a house that is on fire, he'll rush inside to save the baby; if he sees a house that ''isn't'' on fire, he'll set fire to it."* Viruk from Creator/DavidGemmell's ''Echoes of the Great Song''. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills a convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.** He later goes down in legend as the god of war and spring/nature.* Carnival of the ''DeepgateCodex'' series is about as AxCrazy as AxCrazy gets (and has a HairTriggerTemper), but she's just [[MoeMoe so damn cute]] that her insanity winds up being part of her appeal.* ''Literature/TheActsOfCaine'': Caine of Garthan Hold skirts the line of this. Well, maybe dances on it. Okay, he does a full soft-shoe number up and down with Broadway routines and a full stage orchestra in the background.* Meursault in ''Literature/TheStranger'', if you go for the AlternateCharacterInterpretation.* [[TheJeeves Jeeves]] of ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' constantly throws people--''especially'' his employer--under the bus in order to further his [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]]. Since most of the said schemes ultimately benefit the people involved, he gets away with it.* Lockhart Flawse of Tom Sharpe's ''The Throwback'' cheerfully committed a wide variety of immoral and illegal acts in order to kick out the residents of a housing development his wife inherited so that he could hike up the rent.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':** Spike is this in season 4 and part of season 5 -- his RestrainingBolt meant that helping the good guys was the only way he could get his BloodKnight kicks. ** Anya couldn't act on any of it (at least until mid-season six), but she openly missed the days when she could solve her problems by eviscerating people. She and Spike ended up drowning their sorrows together more than once.--> '''Anya:''' I'd kill for [R.J]!--> '''Willow:''' You'd kill for a chocolate bar.* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' once did a segment that more or less showed ''a repo man'' as one: he jokes that his job is more or less stealing the cars of people that are in debt, and is pretty damn happy about it.* Jayne Cobb from ''{{Firefly}}'' does this a lot, as he manages to knock some decent giggles out of the audience by being an amoral, violent and intimidating bastard.--> '''Jayne''': Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid.* Joy Merryweather, who is referenced on the ''DropTheDeadDonkey'' page.* ''Series/ICarly'': Sam anytime an incident goes from a regular run of the mill incident to something that threatens Carly.* [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' approaches this on occasion.* Nathan from ''{{Misfits}}'' certainly borders on this. Other characters do occasionally suggest that he probably has some kind of mental illness (usually when they're trying to explain his bizarre behavior to baffled and offended strangers) but it's still played exclusively for laughs. In fact, everybody from Misfits can be classified as this since they constantly kill people(in one specific episode more then a dozen at once) and with one or two exceptions this never seems to bother them all that much* Stuart Jones, one of the two leads in the UK version of ''QueerAsFolk''. He's much more of a bastard than a hero really, but every now and then he does something so outrageous and awesome you can't completely hate him.* The eponymous Sherlock Holmes of the BBC's ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', despite solving crimes and catching murderers, is actually more interested in the intellectual challenge that his cases present than helping anyone. And while Sherlock's [[TheSociopath manipulative, callous nature]] turns out to be [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold something of a front]], it's still played for laughs in nearly every episode.-->'''Molly Hooper:''' I was wondering if you’d like to have coffee?-->'''Sherlock:''' Black, two sugars please. I’ll be upstairs.-->''[Sherlock leaves the room]''-->'''Molly Hooper:''' ...Okay.* On "Series/{{Leverage}}" [[ClassyCatBurglar Parker]] is this, stealing from random people out of boredom and without really concern over their possessions. She does start to become more caring as the series goes on however.** One of the later episodes in the series has an exchange where Parker is genuinely surprised when someone explained to her that pushing other people off buildings without any warning is in fact, Not OK, and that the screaming and flailing wasn't just them playing along with the joke. * All the main characters from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.* The eponymous protagonist from Series/{{House}}. He goes out of his way to humiliate and torture co-workers and patients and seems to get off on it. Said sociopathy is PlayedForLaughs, but is surprisingly effective at producing results and usually well-intentioned.* Barney Stinson from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has been this, and he's not afraid to admit it, sometimes even being ''proud'' of these tendencies. Lilly has elements of this, also.* Guerrero from ''HumanTarget'' skirts this trope.* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Bebe likes to portray herself as this. When Frasier fires her in "Roz's Turn":-->'''[=Bebe=]''': That's it, is it? I'm not virtuous enough for you, not noble. Fine, quit! Next time you need a deal made, call the Dalai Lama. A long time ago, I had to make a choice between being a good agent and a good person, because trust me, you can't be both! So forgive me if I don't have time to make everybody warm and fuzzy. I am just too busy spending every waking minute pouring any drink, pulling any shameless tricks I can to make my clients' dreams come true! '''I AM A STARMAKER!'''* ''Series/DirkGently'': Dirk treats everyone around him like dirt and it's ''hilarious''. At one point, he goes so far as to give the wrong address to a pizza place in the hope of getting it free because it's late. He also has a fine line in lying to the police and going through the pockets of the dead.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pinballs]]* Red and Ted from ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'', who travel cross-country in their bulldozer, blowing up everything along the way.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]* StoneColdSteveAustin* {{Edge}} (during his final face run)* JohnCena (when he's in a ''really'' bad mood)* Wrestling/{{Kane}}* TripleH and ShawnMichaels when they were together as D-X a few years ago. They could best be described as 40 year old juveniles.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]* Virtually everyone in [[TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}} Alpha Complex]], as well as any [[PlayerCharacter Troubleshooters]] who plan on surviving the first five minutes of a mission.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Deconstructed by Cyrano: Possessing severe MommyIssues and a [[MartyrdomCulture strange upbringing]], Cyrano's actions are a cry for acceptance, delivered the only way his broken mind knows how. Cyrano is a rare example that is not a KarmaHoudini. When Cyrano is sad, he bullies annoying people and picks up the occasional SwordFight. When Cyrano is happy, he searches for various [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]] to kill. He kills [[OneManArmy eight thugs paid to ambush one of Cyrano’s friends]] as he lampshades this in Act I Scene VI:--> '''Le Bret:''' Now you'll be calm, I hope?--> '''Cyrano''' ''(beside himself for joy):'' Calm? I now calm?--> I'll be frenetic, frantic,—raving mad!--> Oh, for an army to attack!—a host!--> I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms;--> No dwarfs to cleave in twain!. . .--> ''(Wildly):'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis No! Giants now!]][[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Same as the comic book version. In Season Two of the games, it's revealed that they even [[spoiler:have a wing of Hell dedicated to them. Better yet, you don't even have to be a particularly bad person to get sent there when you die; you just have to have been involved in Sam & Max's shenanigans during or near the time it happens]]. But remember, everything Max does, is just because Sam "Can't think of a reason not to." In fact, Sam and Max are such impossible a**holes that they once dreamed that they died and went to Heaven, but got kicked out for being too rowdy. That's right: even ''Jesus'' can't stand Sam and Max!* Creator/{{Bioware}} loves this trope:** ''BaldursGate'' has Xzar** ''BaldursGate2'' has Korgan Bloodaxe** ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has HK-47, an assassin droid who loves his job and constantly refers to humans as "meatbags".** ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has The Black Whirlwind, an axe-weilding drunkard whose stories would be horrifying if they weren't hilarious.** ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has Wrex, although he's a mild example since his comedy is mostly from snarking. His entire species appears to be sociopathic by human standards.** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has Zaeed, Jack, and especially Grunt.** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has Shale and Zeveran.** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has Hawke, the PlayerCharacter, if played with the right mix of Silly/Sarcastic and Aggressive dialogue options and some of the more evil choices (though given the GrayAndGreyMorality of the game, it's often unclear which choices are the most "evil").** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has Javik.* [[BlackMage Henry]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is this trope taken to the extreme. He's happy and optimistic to the point of complete insanity, and shows zero compassion for other people. Over the course of the game, he tries to raise an army of zombies to kill civilians, offers to kill your entire army, and says that he'll kill anybody who gives him "stupid" orders, like "Don't kill the enemy". One of his battle cries when getting a critical hit is "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" in the most happy, cheerful voice possible.** The most blatant example is his Support with Ricken, where he cheerfully talks about his old Plegian friends that you, the player, slaughtered:---> '''Ricken:''' Henry, it's my job to kill Plegian soldiers... So I have to believe they deserve to die. But now you've reminded me that they aren't faceless blobs with axes. They have friends, and families, and... H-how am I going to fight them if I know that? What if I hesitate?---> '''Henry''': You're weird. I don't see the problem here at all.** Henry turns out to be a subversion: a good part of his CharacterDevelopment is about him ''actually'' realising that his moral compass is whacked and trying to take measures [[AFriendInNeed to at very least help his friends.]] While he's still a weirdo and [[BloodKnight very fond of blood and slaughter]], he does come to care fot the Shepherds in his own Henry way, and if he gets married he turns out to be a pretty decent husband and father. In example, another support with Ricken has this exchange:---> '''Ricken''': If I were cut down in battle tomorrow, would you just shrug and carry on?---> '''Henry''': No! I'd be very sad and angry. And I'd find out who did it, hunt them down, and exact bloody revenge! ...Oh yes. There would be blood.--->* Thanks to the KarmaMeter, your character could be like this or a Straight villain, in the ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' games. An NPC example would be Reaver, the Hero of Skill from ''Fable II''. He's a smug and egotistical pirate who is seen trying three times to immortalize his likeness in art, only to shoot the artist for some slight error in their work, and tricks you into [[spoiler: sacrificing your youth (or that of an NPC, if you're playing an evil character) to the Shadow Court in order to prolong his life.]]** Of those artists that are killed, the first two maybe, ''maybe'' deserved it for screwing up the work. The third? [[spoiler: It's everyone's favorite photography dude, Barnum, who happily takes the picture and promises to deliver it in three months when it's "developified". Which, according to Reaver, is too long and a ''murderable offense'']].*** He just becomes a regular Jerkass in III, though. Not lovable at all.* The [[CombatCommentator commentators]] from ''MadWorld''. One is a former contestant in the [[BloodSport Death Watch]], the other is a wife-beating TooKinkyToTorture {{Jerkass}} who's probably voicing this gig because he's too wanted to get work anywhere else and both of them are PlayedForLaughs.* ''AlphaProtocol'''s Steven Heck will, during the course of the game (if you play your cards right):** Tie up, beat the crap from, and threaten to pour dry-cleaning fluid down the throat of his assistant in order to locate his keys.** Mount a gatling gun to a train car and fire wildly on enemy agents as his train passes the station when asked to provide unspecific "support".** Cut off three of a man's fingers for calling him "Steve", ''before'' setting him on fire for trying to bribe him.** In one ending of the Taipei storyline, [[spoiler:finger [[BrickJoke the aforementioned assistant]] for the assassination of the president of Taiwan]].** React to being told "no casualties" like a normal person would to being told to eat a puppy.** Consider "tie down this [[[TheRival rival character]]] and give him [[EverythingsWorseWithBees the bees]]!" a reasonable suggestion.** Be reputed to have killed an agent of the papacy by choking him with communion wafers.*** And despite all this, if you get him on your side, he's an excellent support character, doing everything he does out of loyalty to his friends and country.* [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]] from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', who habitually [[KleptomaniacHero steals]] from the mansions of the enemies that she beats up. Despite this, she's still arguably more heroic than fellow protagonist [[{{Jerkass}} Reimu]]. * Shantotto of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' is a good-aligned character, but she has no qualms blasting random poor adventurers with her magic if they irritate her, and she'll deliver her trademark NoblewomansLaugh after. Carries into her appearance in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' where she's far more bloodthirsty than the other characters, but she's just so ''funny'' about it.* Gig from ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' is a gleefully [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] ex-{{Psychopomp}}, responsible for why the game world is set AfterTheEnd, who spends the game [[DemonicPossession possessing your character]]. Because Gig has little direct control over your actions, he spends most of the game insulting, tricking and annoying the rest of the party and everyone else you interact with, snarking at your character's motivations and personal history, and repeatedly trying to tempt you to do evil and accept more of his power so he can gain more control of your body. The main character is forced to go along with his because a) he/she can't get rid of Gig as their souls are fused together, and b) Gig is the only being in the world powerful enough to defeat the World Eaters, and letting him possess you grants you access to some of his powers.* Riki from ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' seems to qualify, to an extent. While he has the noble goal of using the title mech to defeat the Cosmo Gang, he doesn't hesitate to blast anyone that stands in his way ([[IneffectualSympatheticVillain no matter how sympathetic they are]]).* Sergeant Viktor Reznov in the Russian/Soviet campaign of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: World at War'' seems to enjoy killing Germans a little too much. He even twice encouraged the PlayerCharacter to kill helpless German soldiers (first was when they surrendered, second was when they lay dying).* Princess Sapphire from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' is one part this and one part {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. She's liable to flip out and kill anything she perceives as a 'threat', only to come to her senses the next moment and apologize profusely to the very dead and broken body of her would-be opponent. Her solution to practically ever problem the party comes across [[MurderIsTheBestSolution is one form or another of 'murder']], including the suggestion to [[CharacterDevelopment 'open Mao's heart']]... With a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]. Unlike most examples she usually *means* well, though. For a certain definition of 'well'.* The ''SaintsRow'' protagonist is somewhat a bit heroic (but still on the looser side of sanity) in the first, considerably even more insane in the sequel, and gets a healthy boost in both categories in the third entry of the series. Anyone who's in the Saints also counts.* Though most [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]] protagonists fit the bill for this, Luis Lopez of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony'' openly admits to being this. The only people he shows any attachment to are his mother, who he doesn't even particularly like while she frequently shows contempt towards him; his friends, with whom he has probably the healthiest relationship; and his benefactor Tony, who is a father figure to him, but who also uses Luis specifically because the only qualms he has about doing anything are purely practical ones. When asked by Brucie about him having a softer side, Luis replies with a flat "Not really, I like killing people for money."** Trevor, the TokenEvilTeammate of the three main protagonists in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is deliberately designed to be a reference to the average GTA player, going through the game as a complete psychopath only in to cause as much mayhem as possible and enjoying it. The real redeeming factor to make him likeable in the eyes of the audience is that he manages to be both hilarious and awesome while doing it.* Travis Touchdown of the ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' series, at least in the first game. CharacterDevelopment in the sequel makes him much less of one.* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is a witch with dark powers who, despite being [[DarkIsNotEvil good]], is casually sadistic to the angels that she kills and she apparently [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming loves the sound of them screaming]].* The entire team of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' are a bunch of LaughablyEvil loonies with loads of ComedicSociopathy and AmusingInjuries thrown into the mix.* ''VideoGame/FearEffect''. Hana, Glas, and Deke are very much in this category. Rain doesn't seem to qualify as one.* The AngryBirds, who laugh while massacring their pig enemies.* When you think about it, {{Kirby}} can come across as this. He is an adorable pink puff ball who often has to save the day, but the way he does so is by eating sentient creatures and absorbing their abilities.* In ''VideoGame/AbobosBigAdventure'', Abobo kills a whole slew of other video game characters, sometimes because they were trying to kill him, sometimes for no reason whatsoever.* The protagonist of the ''[[{{Alicesoft}} Rance]]'' series, the eponymous Rance, is perhaps the worst human being in existence. He owns his own personal slave (when few to no others are shown to do so) that he constantly abuses, has sex with everything in sight that doesn't have a Y chromosome [[BlackComedyRape whether they like it or not]] (though to be fair, he's the protagonist of an eroge series, so sometimes his journey requires him to), and constantly looks for ways to extort money, items, or information from everyone in general. And yet, his actions always somehow seem to have a positive effect on the societies he visits (not that he cares) and it's always PlayedForLaughs...** To be fair, Sill (the slave in question) and Rance do care for each other, but Rance is terrible at showing it. He is basically just the most tsun and least dere {{tsundere}} ever. Rance also actually understands that rape is a terrible thing to do, he just usually doesn't connect it to what he does because in the Rance games SexEqualsLove since [[SexGod he's so good at what he does]].* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has the downloadable character Krieg, a psycho whose old, sane self is FightingFromTheInside against the violent [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext conductor of the poop train]] currently in control. He has made it clear in no uncertain terms that if the beast in charge kills an innocent, or a hero, he will exert his will to gain enough control to [[DrivenToSuicide kill]] [[HeroicSacrifice them]] [[TakingYouWithMe both]].** Really, most of the ''Borderlands 2'' main characters (except Maya) would probably count as this trope to one degree or another. Axton is a self-centred GloryHound with an appealingly high tolerance (not to mention tendency) for 'collateral damage', Zer0 is a sociopathic BloodKnight {{Ninja}} who only speaks in haiku and misinterprets people with hilarious (and bloody) results, Salvador is a testosterone-addled cackling maniac with a rep sheet [[PintSizedPowerhouse taller than he is]] who thinks killing people is fun, and Gaige is a playable [[MadBomber Tiny Tina]] who blew up one of her classmates and has a pet killer robot. Most of them are only after the vault because they're some variant of bored and can't think of anything better to do.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]* Belkar Bitterleaf (pictured above), from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', is a [[AxeCrazy hot-headed]], [[LeeroyJenkins impulsive]], and [[SociopathicHero homicidal]] ChaoticEvil halfling [[KnifeNut ranger/barbarian]]. Almost all of his screen time is spent being a giggling killing machine, a [[ButtMonkey wacky hijinks victim]], or both.* Richard from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' is an undead warlock spellcaster of immense power with {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies who likes to slaughter innocent peasants and [[EatsBabies "eat babies"]]. His catchphrase is a variation on a line spoken in this comic: "You all saw it! That orphanage attacked me!" with the burning building in the background. Being undead, he can take normally fatal injuries (as being impaled through the stomach, getting an axe in the forehead or being TooKinkyToTorture) and joke about it, and is capable of destroying anything with his ice and fire spells (at the cost of needing to rest after exerting himself). His "partner" is the naďve elf Cale'Anon Vatay, who wishes to be good and noble (even though elves in his time are feared as brutal and callous after wiping out the last remaining nation of their noble kindred in the past. Richard's excuse for traveling with the other characters is that he "likes killing things" and gets bored easily. Richard treats Cale like an amusing pet, but he "respects his [Cale's] willingness to kill" whenever Cale is confronted with obvious Bad Guys.** It's been said that if they changed LFG's title to "Richard Fucks Shit Up," and was all about Richard and his nonsense, readership would double. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical.]]** It may explain both Richard's callousness and his popularity that of the group, he seems to be the only one who knows he's playing a game... and anyone who's ever played a video game knows that no sympathy needs to be wasted on [=NPCs=], and the only thing to do is to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential amuse yourself with them]].* Bun-bun, the lop-eared switch-blade-wielding rabbit of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. His plans usually fall through, often due to Kiki's screwups, but he almost never suffers any consequences... usually because no-one's brave enough to try punishing him.** He does still kill a lot of people, even innocent people, especially in the early years. Though it's debatable that [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are "innocent".* ''Webcomic/WalkyVerse'' Abductee Mike Warner, who especially enjoys Halloween: in different years, he's tried to sacrifice Joyce's dog in a Black Mass, dressed up as Saddam Hussein (and putting a fake beard on the same dog he tried kill, calling him 'Osama bin Doggie'), dressed again as the recently deceased head of the GovernmentConspiracy they worked for, and given out candy with razor blades in it. And that's what he does for fun; he's even worse the rest of the year. He crosses the line so many times that it has become blurred beyond all recognition.* Fuzzy from ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy''. A borderline heroic sociopath who lapses between true sociopathy and TheImp depending on the seriousness of the story arc (the less important the strip is, the more he gets away with).** Recently it's come to light that Fuzzy merely took someone's advice about acting in a certain way. Couple this with his apparent [[spoiler: amnesia]] and there's no telling what behaviors of his are genuine, and what aren't, as even Sam himself has noted.* The title character of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. At their worst several other members of Tagon's Toughs would qualify as well, but Schlock is responsible for the lion's share. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Tagon, who says "Shlock may be a sociopath, but he's ''our'' sociopath."** Schlock has been known to refer to his "random act of violence fix for the day".*** And he literally [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten Eats Kittens]]. As snack-food.-->'''Lt. Sorlie''': I've read your dossier. It's fat with the blood of kittens.** And then there's [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070629.html Lieutenant Piebald]], for whom sociopathy would be the least of his conditions.-->'''Ennesby:''' Thurl's really fleshed out the company. He had to turn away a few crazies, though.-->'''Tagon:''' Violent sociopaths?-->'''Ennesby:''' No, those are all getting signed right up.-->'''Tagon:''' Good man, Thurl.* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''':** Bangladesh Dupree. Although technically more of a PsychoForHire because she works for the antagonist Baron Wulfenbach, Dupree crosses the line over into this trope: The extremely over-the-top acts she inflicts upon the remaining cast with a cheer on her face while cracking jokes about it are played as much for laughs as for horror, and Wulfenbach is both a viewpoint character and an AntiVillain (and one may wonder how she plans to kill someone [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 with a block of cheese]]...).** An even clearer example is Castle Heterodyne, a sadistic and sentient building loyal to the Heterodyne family. It gleefully inflicts gruesome acts of violence at anyone nearby at Agatha's command... And occasionally after interpreting an otherwise innocent comment from Agatha as a command... Or simply because Agatha isn't around to tell it not to. Because it thinks it's ''fun''.*** ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': even the buildings can be psychopaths.** Then there are the Jaegers. Their loyalty to House Heterodyne comes first, and (for most of them) their loyalty to the baron comes second, but their third biggest motivation is sheer bloodlust. They are self-proclaimed "killing machines" who regard the evil Heterodynes as "the fun ones". They always charge into battle with great enthusiasm and laugh at the grisly deaths of their enemies. Nevertheless, so long as Lady Heterodyne is on the side of light, so are they, and most effective at it.* [[FanNickname Black Hat Guy]] from ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''. [[http://xkcd.com/496/ And he's proud of this]].** And his female rival-turned-girlfriend, who has no nickname. [[http://xkcd.com/481/ Not a typical malware author...]]* "Red" from ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked''. She carries around an ax, enjoys causing fear in the people around her, smells death, and tells little girls her cloak is dyed in blood. Her partner is Princess November, a young naive girl who bruises easily. A very mild form, but still qualifies.* Psycho Mantis from ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''. The webcomic also gives an excellent insight into the differences between this trope (Mantis) and the MagnificentBastard (Ocelot) -- anyone who tangles with the latter on an intellectual level is going ''down'', but it is hard to engage in intellectual battle when your opponent just sets you on fire with his mind instead.* Most of the characters from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' fit this trope given how little they value human life (though the titular character eventually decides to stop killing people for the sake of his friendship with resident BadassLongcoat demon hunter Vic, the other characters continue to maim, [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4786993/ kill]], [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4787235/ slaughter]] and [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5172207/ eat]] whomever the want, whenever they feel like it).* Mal of ''Webcomic/HeadTrip''. Her antics include: arson, assault with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering, holding Fox executives at knife point until they agree to give JossWhedon full artistic control over all future projects, abducting and threatening with torture a writer for lost, giving Jack Thompson a KarmicDeath and murdering ''Anime/SailorMoon''. She is likely not joking when she says that Ebert of Ebert and Roper has a restraining order on her. She even has her own demon assigned on a permanent basis to follow her around holding a handbasket.* [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-01-18 The Fear]], [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-08 The Pain]], and [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-20 The Fury]] from ''Webcomic/TheCobraDays''. When they're not fighting agents of the Axis powers, they spend a lot of their time violently bickering with each other or picking on [[TheWoobie The Sorrow.]]* Rocky from ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'', while being a fairly well-meaning guy overall, has very little grasp of what's socially acceptable and scares most "normal" cats he talks to. When carrying out rumrunning duties, he is completely unaverse to revenge and forcibly putting other "establishments" out of business... and he does. Oh, and he's a pyromaniac. Yet, his childlike enthusiasm, general clumsiness and ineptitude, and lyrical ability make him pretty endearing to the reader.** Calvin (a.k.a. "Freckle") is probably this trop in training. A quiet, shy fella, he undergoes a complete and psychotic personality change any time he gets his paws on a gun. The end result can involve a lot of bodies (and horror on his part, once he comes back to himself). The story as it stands seems to suggest that he will put this particular "talent" to use, and then his "training" will probably be complete as far as this trope goes.* Drew from ''Webcomic/MacHall'', a foul-mouthed, utterly cynical Comp Sci major who [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-19 loves tormenting freshmen]] and is grandmaster of humorous DisproportionateRetribution. [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 Like so]].* Black Mage from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' exemplifies the archetype, in spite of being the comic's major ChewToy on top of it.** As Fighter himself once [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/10/episode-551-so-close-and-yet-so-far/ said]]...--->'''Fighter:''' Oh, we usually murder our way to the top and claim victory whilst astride a pile of mangled bodies.\\'''Garland:''' I see...\\'''Fighter:''' But we're heroes so it's okay when '''''we''''' do that.* Aram from ''Webcomic/MenInHats'', the prototype of Black Hat Guy.* Kenta Daisuke of ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' ''does'' ultimately have a motive (guess [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what it is]]), but it hardly covers all of his gleeful, wanton violence. He leaps at the chance to fight, loves nothing more than to slaughter countless enemies with a grin on his blood-spattered face, obtains all his money by mugging passers-by, and feels no regret whatsoever for harming others. Nor does he seem to understand that his casual violence makes others regard him as somewhat...disagreeable.--> '''Ken:''' ''[[http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/304/ (punches Fumio)]]'' THAT'S FER SAYIN' I WASN'T AGREEABLE!* ''Webcomic/{{Chicanery}}'' has Ness, Pokey, Jeff and Mr. Saturn from ''VideoGame/EarthBound''. The gang have saved the world on more than one occasion -- but are just as likely to steal, cheat and murder indiscriminately to get what they want.* Skoll of ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' qualifies. She is a good guy... but only because the people she mutilates and kills are slightly worse, or at least less skilled, than her.* Ethan from ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' who consistently has absent-minded daydreams about strange ways to kill or injure his co-worker Rob, a counter-strike playing idiot, and sometimes enacts these daydreams...he also daydreams about killing or injuring customers of the video game store he works at.* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[spoiler: the robot Edge]], who helps Florence Ambrose]] to prevent a [[ApocalypseHow genocide]] on RidiculouslyHumanRobots...[[spoiler:so '''''HE''''' doesn't get [[FateWorseThanDeath lobotomised]]]].** Sam, the kleptomaniac, greedy, totally self-centered squid.* Doctor Hubris from [[http://www.theappleofdiscord.com The Apple of Discord]] (and later [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Apple_Valley Apple Valley]]) is usually responsible for whatever horrible things are going on in the comic, including [[spoiler:inventing the technology that created Gayzilla]] and creating a highly contagious form of "robot cancer". It's been implied several times that he hired Doyle just to kill him, and that the superheroes of Apple Valley classify him as a supervillain. It's even been implied that [[spoiler:he is the one who actually broke the barrier separating reality, not Arthur]] which has been more-or-less confirmed by WordOfGod.* In ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', Finland. Drunken, mute, ax-wielding, sniggers-at-your-misfortune Finland. Only Sister Sweden gets the better of him for long.* In ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' we have [[spoiler:Franken]], who sounds like a mostly NiceGuy (albeit with [[NeatFreak a little obssession with cleanness]]) but he's actually THE BIGGEST MadScientist in the series who can pull out very scary SlasherSmile and impale people with brutal ease and the worst of all, ''enjoys'' it.* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': insofar as the protagonists can be called heroes, about half of them qualify. Axel kills people constantly for no reason, and if he's looking at you you'd better ''hope'' it's no reason, 'cause he gets ''brutal'' when he has actual motive beyond 'likes killing things'. Zexion takes pride in his {{Jerkass}} credentials and commits crimes just to prove he can. Red XIII views the whole of humanity as food. And as for Larxene...well, we're not sure what Larxene's deal is apart from huge quantities of drugs and AttentionDeficitOohShiny, but she does seem a little too fond of killing things.* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' brings us the aptly-named [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2666 Iron Sociopath]].* [[NunTooHoly Mary Dixon]] of ''Webcomic/JosephAndYusra'' shoots up robbers with a SlasherSmile on her face, and is perfectly willing to hold her friend hostage on top of a partially constructed building (tied to a chair) and kick her cousin off said building from lethal heights (sure, it was to test their hidden psychic powers, but still).* [[http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/meatlocker/milkmandan.html Milkman Dan]] from Max Cannon's ''Webcomic/RedMeat'', author-proclaimed "Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism". Especially noticeable in his repeated pestering of BrattyHalfPint Karen.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]* LetsPlay/AlChestBreach. [[WouldHurtAChild Kills kids]] who talk over him, [[KilledOffForReal murdered his teammate Cass]] for speaking after a funeral, but generally directs his sociopathic tendencies towards "good".* LetsPlay/TheDarkId often creates these via AlternateCharacterInterpretation. [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 Billy FUCKING Coen]], [[VideoGame/ChronoCross Serge]] and [[VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} Caim]] are the most notable ones, though in Caim's case all it took was a few pieces of internal monologue and/or a few chats with Angelus.* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the pirate Bashkar, despite working for the Alliance, abuses his allies, openly shows his dislike for elves in increasingly ridiculous ways, actually represents [[BigBad Arawn Losstarot]] [[HilarityEnsues in a council meeting]] and is willing to betray and kill anyone for a chest full of treasure.* Simon, the ''BastardOperatorFromHell'', whose sole purpose is to act out all the malevolent revenge fantasies of the readership.* Many LetsPlay sessions wind up turning video game protagonists into these, partly to keep it more as an OC. For instance, take Misty of ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Emerald/ Pokémon Emerald]]''. In her spare time, she apparently enjoys beating things and watching her Pokémon eat smaller ones, and has killed (and eaten) several of her ''own'' Pokémon simply because they annoyed her.** Also, in the ''Pokémon Crystal'' Let's Play by the same person, it is hinted that she killed Red.* ''WebVideo/PurePwnage'''s FPS_Doug gives off this vibe sometimes, particularly in the [[BoomHeadshot "BOOM HEADSHOT!"]] segment from episode 5.* ''WebAnimation/CoxAndCombesWashington'', albeit heavy on the sociopath and light on the heroic part.** Well, he did save the children... but not the British children. In fact, at one point he goes to save the children from a burning school before he realises it's a ''British'' school and proceeds to push the building off a cliff.* A common attribute of ''ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', especially those in the Department of Floaters, the Department of {{Mary Sue}}s, and the Department of Geological Aberrations. Given that the last two are [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Assassins]] and [[DestructiveSaviour Pyros]], and they are all volunteers, this should not be particularly surprising.* Sarge of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''.** ''"I love blood and violence! I've got a boner for murder!"''* Sonic of ''WebVideo/SonicTheOtherMovie'' doesn't care about the people he saves, just the praise and adoration he gets for doing so.* Luffy from ''NonePiece''.--> "Those passengers aren't just gonna kill themselves, ya know!"* Mr. Popo from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. He is able to control an ancient Namekian starship just by saying his name to it -- not because of any programming, but because ''it knows better''.** Also Vegeta, when he has a kinda-sorta HeelFaceTurn at the end of season 2.** Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate Abrigded. Enough said.* The "anti-walkthroughs" featured on [[Website/ItHeSoftware it-he.org]] make the protagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series, ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'', ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' into these, partially for sake of SequenceBreaking and partially for the pure fun of VideogameCrueltyPotential.* Glorion from ''WebVideo/JourneyQuest''. Just imagine the page image with Belkar replaced by a [[GlorySeeker glory seeking]] knight. "You killed every single orc to cross our path, and some that were nowhere near our path".* [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]], once you [[Machinima/FreemansMind listen to his thoughts]] during the whole Black Mesa Incident.* Machinima/ChristianBrutalSniper* ShinyObjectsVideos: It's kind of hard to determine if it's this or flat-out VillainProtagonist, but the protagonists are pretty unfazed by the suffering of others. Particularly of [[TheWoobie Guido]].[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' tends to flip-flop back and forth between this and VillainProtagonist, depending upon the demands of a particular episode. Yes, he is a smarmy, self-serving, ''thoroughly'' sociopathic bully who has no qualms about doing literally whatever he wants, damn the consequences. But one side effect is that he's so completely fucked up that he can occasionally be called upon to get everyone else out of catastrophic situations when all else seems lost -- and he does so in ways so ruthlessly efficient and imaginative, only ''he'' could have ever come up with them. In TheMovie, for starters, he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome saves the entire world from being swallowed by the legions of Hell by electrocuting an undead Saddam Hussein]].** Lampshaded in "The Snook" when he makes the case to Kyle that his fanatic racism toward Muslims is what led to the thwarting of a terrorist attack. Kyle was [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop not amused at the fact that racism saved the day]].*** Even better is that while Cartman triggers the hunt due to his suspicion of Muslims, the actual terrorists were [[spoiler: the British.]].* Stewie from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.** It should be noted that Stewie routinely murders people on and off-screen.--> '''Brian''': How would you feel if you killed another baby?--> '''Stewie''' (offhandedly); I've killed seven...** Stewie has clearly inherited his evil traits from Peter. Peter is not so much a genuine moron and more a moron-themed super villain. He has been shown to murder for fun and profit, commit acts of terrorism and arson and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wipe his boogers on Meg]].* Roger the Alien from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is a [[SissyVillain camp]] and [[ExtremeOmnisexual omnisexual]] [[LovableCoward coward]] who loves to [[PaperThinDisguise play dress-up]]. He's also utterly [[WildCard amoral, selfish and unpredictable]], and his childish games sometimes turn [[PsychopathicManChild homicidal]]. It doesn't help that he's also a [[AddictionPowered drug addict]].** When a fraternity refused to pay for Roger's limo service, he hunted them down in the limo and turned their lives into a cross between ''Film/TheCar'' and ''Film/FinalDestination''.* Mandy and Grim, ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. The show sometimes subverted it by having Mandy do everything right, but fail because of [[SurroundedByIdiots the idiots around her]], or bad luck. For a little girl, though, her achievements are quite impressive.** She did once erase every living thing from existence except herself but, probably because the CrapsackWorld the show is set in is so surreal, it didn't last.* A possible case in the Warden from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. While dedicated to his job and perfecting the art of incarceration, he is AT LEAST a psychopathic sadist the show isn't afraid to play for laughs. Most of the people he ends up killing -- generally indirectly -- are dangerous inmates who pose a clear threat to society.* Brock Samson from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is a scientist's bodyguard whose main priority (at least in the beginning) is to brutally murder his enemies while having sex with as many women as possible. His college football career (and scholarship) ended when he accidentally killed another player, so he joined the army. He wound up as a government agent with his own license to kill, which he's been known to take advantage of if a bartender makes fun of his mullet.** Also Rusty, from the same show. While not as bloodthirsty as Brock, he isn't above screwing over friends, family, or innocent bystanders just to gain the most minor of conveniences. Not to mention his Joy Can, a virtual reality simulator ''[[PoweredByAForsakenChild powered by an orphan's heart]]''!* Captain Hero from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' is ostensibly a superhero, but has almost no regard for human life whatsoever (although he may simply be too stupid to know what he's doing). An example of his sociopathy is throwing an entire planet (which happens to be his ''home planet'') and everything living on it into a star to prove he's "heroic".** And his clever use of human shields.*** Captain Hero One! Billions of Innocent Zeblonians... um... dead. Oh. I uh... (Slinks away)** Ling Ling, the Pikachu spoof from the same show is initially portrayed as this as well; a murderous sociopath who wants to kill and destroy everyone he encounters in hilariously brutal manners, but later becomes a frequent ChewToy[=/=]ButtMonkey (given [[SadistShow the nature of the show]], this could apply to anybody, though).*** It takes on a whole new dimension when one episode reveals that among his people, battles to the death are an allegory for sex, complete with one-night stands and unsatisfied opponents faking it.* In ''TheBoondocks'', Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy are two sociopathic veteran soldiers who constantly drink, curse, and rob stores yet get away with their idiotic plans due to Wuncler's extremely rich father having the police on his payroll.** Riley is a sociopath-in-training. Naturally he gets away with anything his gurus do, but he could incite a riot and get a mere slap across the crown for cursing too much.* Korgoth from ''KorgothOfBarbaria'' is basically a combination of ConanTheBarbarian and [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]]. He is an apathetic and anti-social {{badass}} with an insatiable appetite for sex and violence in the most graphic degree. In just the first fight of the pilot episode, he tears off a man's arm and beats him to death with it, chops a man in half down the middle with an axe, and tears off another man's skin, douses him with alcohol, and lights him on fire. ''For laughs''.* Each member of Dethklok in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', brutally killing and maiming people ''even live on stage'' with no consequences whatsoever. In fact, it seems that because of this nature they are ridiculously powerful and wealthy; ranking as the [[NGOSuperpower 12th most powerful nation in the world, despite only being a band]].** It should be noted that very rarely is Dethklok the ''direct'' cause of the violence around them, and even when they are, it's not always intentional. Not that they necessarily care about a few thousand casualties, of course. Until it starts to affect their record sales.*** And then there's their manager...* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender is a megalomaniacal robot who is only after his personal stimulation. He is frequently shown stealing just about anything he can get his claws on, as well as indulging in all manner of other crimes and immoral behavior. A recurring joke is his apparent desire to "kill all humans." DependingOnTheWriter, however, he can also be a LoveableRogue and/or a ManipulativeBastard.-->"I came here with a simple dream... a dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end? Who's the real 7 billion ton robot monster here? Not I... Not I..."* Killface (real name Evelyn) from ''FriskyDingo''. His goal for much of the series is to use his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Annihilatrix]] to propel Earth into the sun for no apparent reason, and he kills and mains people at the drop of the hat. In the pilot episode he kills a man and uses the corpse to stage an impromptu ventriloquist act (oblivious to how appallingly lame his jokes are). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7n6tQhB-w Watch some choice moments.]]*** And yet he's still more sympathetic than Xander Crews. Proving, forever, that it's better to be a sociopath than a douchebag.* The title character in ''AssyMcGee'' may very well qualify, being a ultra-violent and remorseless parody of 70s/80s cops that makes [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] look tame by comparison.* Izzy of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!--->'''Izzy:''' You'll never get me alive! AHAHAHAHAHA!!* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.* Heloise from ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' is this. She works for Misery Inc. as [[MadScientist top inventor]] to make hazardous products and she also like to [[EnfanteTerrible destroy things for fun]]. However, she likes to hangs out with [[MoralityPet Jimmy due to her crush on him]].* Possibly Rico from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar.'' He's described at least once in universe as a "world-class psychopath," and he especially likes blowing stuff up and causing other characters bodily harm. That said, is there anybody out there who doesn't absolutely love Rico? I doubt it.** Skipper too. In less then five minutes he's admitted his dream future involves a post apocalyptic scenario with roving bands of irradiated mutants and then proceeds to help stop a time paradox from erasing existence.* [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Murdoc Niccals]], big time. His rap sheet includes fraud, kidnapping, extortion, OrganTheft, tons and tons of assault and possibly homicide. Despite this, he's still technically a protagonist, and maintains a [[KavorkaMan sizable fanbase]] as such.* [[spoiler:Cesar Salazar]] of ''GeneratorRex'' is a subversion of this. He is described as "kooky" and "kinda off" and appears for a while to just be a wacky inventor, but pretty normal otherwise. But as time goes on, he begins to display a marked lack of concern for people (including his own ''brother'') or ethics. It seems he has no moral code of his own, even.* Lobo's incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''JusticeLeague'', in addition to being a BadButt, was a clear version of this once he underwent a HeelFaceTurn (which didn't really change his personality any, just the people he was currently beating up). He's a sleazebag and a jerk to both heroes and villains and both gives and receives AmusingInjuries a lot, and gets a lot of funny lines.* Jerry of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' often displays these characteristics. In most (but not all) shorts, Tom [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] at the beginning and Jerry spends the rest of the short dishing out DisproportionateRetribution. While his goals are usually either his own survival or to help out [[FriendToAllLivingThings another animal Tom is picking on]], he does sometimes screw with Tom's head just for fun.* BugsBunny alternates between this and a KarmicTrickster. In his earliest shorts he was actually much worse, attacking for no good reason, but Creator/TexAvery and Creator/BobClampett soon established a moral code for the character that, for the most part, he followed for the next five or six decades.* [[DanVs Dan's]] entire purpose in life is to exact revenge on anyone or anything he perceives as having wronged him (whether they actually did anything or not). Many of his schemes result in spectacular failure, but when he does succeed, more often than not it turns out that his victims really did have it coming.* Jake the Dog from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' borders on this. He sometimes comes off as an asshole, holding off on helping Finn (when he really needs it too) just to suit his own needs. But he usually ends up saving the day afterwards.* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has an InUniverse ShowWithinAShow example with Captain Ryan, the "hero" of the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' parody "Space Heroes". He's clearly an utter maniac with no respect for his crew, casually letting his crew die, describing himself as "humane" for opening an airlock and sucking out the noisy Tribble-expies into space, and a rampant womanizer, but he's supposed to be the hero of the show and is played for laughs. Admittedly, the actual audience laughs more at Leonardo, who seems to think Captain Ryan is a good "heroic role model" for himself and never seems to notice his NominalHero status.[[/folder]]